Vehicle wheel-mounting.



J BOLIOK.

VEHICLE WHEEL MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY :23, 1912.

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Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

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J. BOLIGK.

VEHICLE WHEEL MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1912. 1,1 32,825, Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

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JEROME BOLICK, OF CONOVER, NORTH CAROLINA.

VEHICLE WHEEL-MOUNTING.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME BoLIoK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Conover, in the county of Catawba and State of North Carolina, have invented a neW and useful Vehicle Wheel-Mounting, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide novel means for mounting a wheel hub uponan axle spindle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a wheel embodying the present invention, parts being broken away; F ig. 2 is a diametrical section of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged from Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a section showing a modified form of the invention.

In carrying out the invention there is provided an axle 1, having a spindle 2 at its end and terminating in a threaded end 3. The axle is provided with an annular flange 8 at the basal end of the spindle, and the spindle is of peculiar formation, as clearly seen by reference to Fig. 2. Thus, the basal portion of the spindle is circular in cross section, and the body portion of the spindle between the basal and free end portions is of circular cross section and is of smaller diameter than the said basal portion, While the free end portion of the spindle is of circular cross section and of smaller diameter than the body portion. The shoulder formed at the inner end of the body portion of the spindle is of polygonal contour, as at 4, with the corners lying between the surfaces of the basal and body portions of the spindle, and the shoulder formed at the inner end of the free end portion of the spindle is of polygonal contour, as at 5, with the corners lying between the surfaces of the body and free end portions of the spindle. An annular bearing or bearing cone 6 is mounted snugly upon the basal portion of the spindle and has a contracted portion snugly embracing the body portion of the spindle adjacent the Shoulder or polygonal portion 4. The cone Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 23, 1912. Serial No. 699,260.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

6 is provided with an inner polygonal recess receivlng the shoulder or'polygonal portion 4. 'Anannular bearing orbearingcone 7 is mounted snugly upon the free end portion of the spindle and has a polygonal recess at its inner end receiving theshoulder or p0- lygonal portion 5. Thus, the cones 6 and 7 may be moved outwardly upon the respective portions of the spindle, when the cones are released, so that the cones may be ro- 10. At one'end, the hub 11 is recessed as indicated at 14 to receive the annular flange 8, the hub at the other end being recessed as indicated at 15, to receive a nut 16 which is threaded on the portion 3 of the axle spindle. The annular flange 8 and the nut 16 carry oil cups 17 which discharge upon the cones 6 and 7 and serve to lubricate the rollers 10. The nut l6 which is threaded upon the free end of the spindle retains the bearing cone 7 upon the free end portion of the spindle in engagement with the shoulder or polygonal portion 5, and it will be noted that the hub is journaled upon the cones 6 and 7 between the flange 8 of the axle and the nut 16. At this point it may be stated that in assembling the wheel with the axle, the cone 6 is slippedover the polygonal portion 4 of the axle, the hub 11 being then mounted in place, whereupon the cone 7 is inserted into the open end of the hub, the cone 7 being retained by the nut 16. The bearing surfaces of the rollers 10 slant toward the median plane of the wheel, and thus the wheel is prevented from moving longitudinally of the spindle 2.

In that form of the invention which appears in Fig. 4, the parts above described are referred to with the sufiix a. In that form of the invention which appears in Fig. 4, the rollers 10 are omitted, the bearing rings 12 engaging directly with the cones 6" and 7 The oil cups 17 discharge into versely of the same, the ducts 18 discharging into grooves 19 which extend around the cones. In both forms of the invention, the hubs are provided with sockets 20, receiving spokes, denoted generally by the numeral 21. The spoke 21 includes tapered ends 21 between which aflat, resilient portion 23 is located, the spokes being reduced in diameter as indicated at 2 between the portions 21 and 23. The spokes are preferably fashioned from metal, and the flat portions 23 thereof lie in the median plane of the wheel. When an obstacle is encountered,and under other conditions, requiring resiliency, the spokes 21 will yield transversely of the wheel, thus affording the desired resiliency.

Referring to Fig. 2, the spokes 21 are engaged in a felly 25, theouter ends of the spokes being, if desired, riveted down into the felly, as indicated at 26. Secured to the felly 25 is a trough-shaped rim 27 in'which the tire 28 fits, the tire being provided atits periphery with anti-skidding members 29 which, if desired, may be of diamond shape. The tire 28 is equipped in its side faces with recesses 30, in which are located retaining rings 31 which serve to secure the tire-upon the rim. The outer face of the rim 27 is equipped with parallel, circumscribing ribs 32, having, asshown in Fig. 1, transverserecesses 33, into which fit projections 34:- upon the tire, for the'obvious purpose of preventing the tire from creeping circumferentially of the wheel.

Referring toFig. 4:, the spokes are received in a spoke flange 36 formed integrally with therim 35. The rim 35 is equipped witha central, circumscribing rib '37, engagcd by the tire d2, the spokes being riveted into the rim 37.

Having thus described the invention," what is claimed is In a device of the character described, an

Copies of this patent may heobtainefi forfive cents each, by addressing the axle having a spindle at its end, and a flange at the basal end of the spindle, the basal p ortion of the section, the'body portion of the spindle bespindle being circular in cross being of polygonal contour-with the corners lying between the surfaces of the basal and body portions of the spindle, the shoulder formed at theinner end of the-free end portion of the spindle being of polygonal contour with the corners lying betweenthe surfaces of the'body and'the free end portions of the spindle, annular bearings mounted of the spindle, the bearing mounted upon the basal portion of the spindle having a con traoted portion snugly embracing the portion of the spindle adjacent the first mentioned shoulder and having an inner polygonal recess receiving the said first mentioned shoulder, the bearing mounted body upon the free end portion of the spindle having a polygonal recess at its inner end receiving the second mentioned shoulder, a nut threaded upon the free end of the spindle to retain the second mentioned bearing upon the free end portion of the spindle and in engag =Inent with the second mentioned shoulder, and a hub journaled upon the lfiearlngs between the said flange and nut.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my slgnature in the presence of two witnesses.

JEROME BOLICK.

Witnesses SELINA VVILLSON, I. SIMrsoN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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